* 𝖜𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖆 𝖌𝖔 𝖆𝖌𝖆𝖎𝖓 ?

way back aka backstory !

tommy’s something of a legacy here in los angeles --- his dad’s a big time movie star with a weirdly indulged, but somewhat successful music career on the side. his mom, a socialite through and through, with a taste for the good life ruling her every choice.

life until he was five was great --- toys and money and love and a pretty damn good existence. until his mom decided one day, she wasn’t fit to be a mother; wasn’t cut out for the life of walking two steps behind someone till she was dead or passed over for a younger model. and that was fkn that, in the harcroft home.

tommy was old enough to remember the talk, the rumours, the scandal of his mom walking out and seemingly disappearing --- but young enough to still want his mom.

from that moment on, and it was tommy and his dad against the world. even when his dad found someone else, had another kid. it was still them against the world. he cherishes his dad like you wouldn’t believe, looks up to him any number of ways.

because of that, tommy’s always somewhat delighted in his own legacy and the power it involves. while he was a good natured, sweet kid --- once his mom left, he took a turn for the worse; and took a turn for the dark.

( there was a switch flipped in his mind. for all his mom said she cared, said she loved him, and loved his dad. for all his mom said she wouldn’t ever leave --- it turned out to be a lie. a joke with no punchline. he started to see that things like feelings and loyalty to your loved ones never really mattered, because people did what they wanted in the end. )

so why wasn’t he?

he was getting into clubs at sixteen on the virtue of his last name; living in the lap of luxury; perfectly content to whittle away his trust fund to the low thousands.

it was his step-mother that, in the end, pushed him towards something better. putting her foot down and demanding he be a better role model for his baby sister, tommy finally, finally decided to find himself a career.

always something of a poet in his youth, he channelled that into something... more.

( what followed was a serious of mixtapes and eps, eluding to darker desires, a fucked up sense of self. all released under half-assed pseudonyms, just for the sheer fact of having something to do. he didn’t expect the response he got --- shares all over soundcloud and filtering into instagram stories. eventually, he claimed the work as his own --- and re-released it under a simple name: tommy. )

street smarts aka personality !

tommy’s incredibly close with his baby sister, ( she’s also a wc ! ) despite the age gap. there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for the lil tkye, and he often credits her with being the reason he gets his shit together on the daily. he wants to be a good person for his sister, and wants her to have a good role model.

despite the brillant smile, the creative ideas, the charming personality --- tommy has a heart of stone. the concept of monogamy is foreign to him, and for every girlfriend he’s had, there’s another girl he’s cheated on her with. 

his issues with his mother, his family, all manifest in horrible, unique ways --- his casual attitude towards sex and feelings, his liberal use of drugs and alcohol; being just as quick to betray someone for a leg up, as he is take them under his wing.

he’s callous and cold --- he’s sarcastic and doesn’t want to take a deeper look at his own issues. why should he? no one else ever does. why does he have to be the bigger fucking person?

his music is, really, everything to him. ( a side note --- his claims re music are the weeknd, with a slight dash of miguel for aesthetics. i’ll have more to say in this area when my spotify stops being a shit. )

he’s one of those people who attracts hangers on like nobody’s buisness --- his dad’s populairty and legacy being the main factor. not that tommy would ever dare to suggest he didn’t like this part of his life --- god no.

divin’ deeper aka connection ideas !

exes ! secrets and not so secret, people who started as hook-ups and ended up in whirlwind flings on yachts in the south of france. the messier, the better.

pr relationship ! there’s probably one on the horizon, something to try and clean up his image just a little bit. a hard task, since tommy’s more inclined to fuck his way through a guest list than settle on monogamy.

best bros ! someone who’s known him since he was a kid, who knows what kind of guy lurks beneath all the bullshit and all the abandonment issues. someone he would literally bury a body for. his person.

enemies ! maybe tommy cheated on their sister. maybe tommy fucked them over in a collab. maybe there’s an ancient grudge between their two families.